{RULE YOUR LIFE!}

DAY 3 in the ME Challenge!

Doin the happy dance! Had a great day yesterday; Took Joshie to Buttonwood nursing home and handed out flowers to the residents. It is amazing how tender a heart my little boy has. He is not bothered at all by illness...

I guess that comes from his Maimee. She has been bed-ridden since before he was born and it doesn't bother him in the least. He just climbs right up into bed with her and she read to him, plays, watches TV...

It's nice. It's the reason we moved my parents in here, so she could have time with her grandson, whom she ADORES. I don't like to think about it, but I know she doesn't have much time left with us, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that she is spending her remaining time on earth surrounded by the people she loves and who love her back....

So, I forced myself to start my Daily Bread devotions with my mom instead of mopping the floor after dinner. I figured I'd let the cleaners do it. lol I don't know why I always clean before they come anyway... <digressing!!!>

Anyway, I know it meant a lot to her, and it did to me too. I got a little bitty journal to keep track of our devotions and today was day 1 for that!

AND, dumm dum da dummmm! I got a righteous ole dent in the cleaning of the craft room. One step closer to actually being able to SCRAP out there! WOOHOOOO!

  THIS is going to be a thing of the  past...

  THIS is NOT me...

  THIS will be my safety zone...

  THIS will be the "before" pic! LOL

Really, it is embarrassing. I don't what is more embarrassing, the fact that I let it GET like this, or the fact that I wasted SO much $money$ on this stuff that I don't NEED?  That's part of the reason I haven't gotten out there sooner....humiliation. lol  I step one little toesie out there and the O/C in me starts to freak out. The rest of my house; organized, labeled, tidy, clean.  This part - the room that is totally mine? ...Well, you see. It is a reflection of how unimportant I have made myself and it makes me mad!! No more!

I have decided:

I am QUEEN of my domain! LOL I need to take charge of ME!

I am going to treat MYSELF with the same kindness and respect as I do for the ones I love.

REST

SELF-HARMONY

NURTURING

are my imperial RIGHTS!

I am going to keep my eye on the unfolding path of my life and value myself....

or at least I am gonna TRY! lol

REST - I need to make this more of a priority to me. LOVE this pic of the ROYAL BED....ahhhhh it's callin my name!

SELF HARMONY - to me, this means making my outside match my inside! LOL I am enjoying cleaning the craft room b/c I know it will be a place that I can unleash my creative wild side! I feel good when my home, my space, reflects me. I feel at peace when the clutter is gone.

Nurturing - Love being outside, love gardening, I feel at peace when I am working out there, pruning, planting, being still and listening to nature...  I've got big plans for an English garden I want to work on next year!

So, on DAY 3 of the ME CHALLENGE:

Take care of yourselves however you can, read that book, get that massage, pedicure those little tootsies.....NURTURE yourseleves, get rest, find inner peace! 

***JANICE - YEAH for you for taking time to read!

***DENEAN - I am so glad you got to NAP ~ GOOD FOR YOU!

I am SO happy to hear how you are coming!

DON'T STOP NOW (I have to yell this at myself!) It feels GOOD to take charge and make myself important! I even enlisted Stephen and Josh in the challenge. I had them clean off the dining room table after dinner and help me put everything away. I know this is a simple thing to do, but I usually wind up just doing everything myself and getting it done faster. AGAIN - NO MORE! Instead of feeling annoyed because Stephen was sitting back, chillin out after dinner, I felt calmer, happier, less stressed. Oh, he totally grumbled at first, but I laid a good old-fashioned guilt-egg and he responded very well. LOL And he agreed that he (and Josh) SHOULD help clean up.

Little itty bitty baby steps here.

But it is amazing how when YOU start to value YOURSELF, other people just fall in line as well....

Comments

[Denean]

Susie - you have the biggest heart of all the people I know! Thank you for being such a good motivator!